Sports 'N Torts
At Sports 'N Torts we talk with our friends, peers and colleagues about sports, law and business. We preview the biggest sporting events and then break down the results. We talk with the leaders in the legal industry to find out what makes them and their law firms successful and learn the technical tricks of their trade. Finally, we are always interested in general business principles and the engines that make a good company tick. Grab and seat and let's chat.
College Football's Last Call Week 10
Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 10 of the 2024 college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating FL and what is wrong with Carson Beck
-Current power rankings in the SEC and where all the teams stand
-OSU beats PSU while Indiana keeps winning
-ACC down to Miami and SMU
-Preview of UGA-Ole Miss
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the...
Blade Thompson Talks Using Technology and Process to Run Your Firm, AI and Settlement Intelligence in Demand Letters, Maintaining Proper Mindset, Brain Injury Cases, Truck Wreck Law Certification and Farming
Blade Thompson from Blade Injury Law joins the podcast for episode 125. Blade is a personal injury lawyer in Atlanta who has a solo law firm that he runs just about as efficiently as any lawyer out there. Blade grew up in a small town and shares his motivation for becoming a lawyer and why he has chosen to become licensed to practice law in 3 states.
In this episode we discuss:
-the processes used to run his law firm;
-why organization is so important to law firm management;
-how his prior jobs...
College Football's Last Call Week 9
Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 9 of the CFB season. We discuss:
-how UGA (and us) spent the bye weekend
-current standings in the SEC and what the race to the SECCG looks like
-TAMU beating LSU to grab top slot of SEC
-Bama and Texas winning and moving on
-Coach Prime becoming bowl eligible
-Our own Kennesaw State Owls winning their first D1 game
-IU remaining undefeated
-Sucker Bet
-Jimbo of the Week
<...Allen McDuffie and Jeff Yashinsky Talk Hiring Me Out of Law School, Management Skills that Created a Memorable Office Environment, 11:30 Sharp Work Lunches, Becoming a Baseball Sports Agent and Can the Detroit Lions win the Super Bowl
Allen McDuffie and Jeff Yashinsky join Sports ‘N Torts for Episode 123. Jeff and Allen were my first bosses at my first law firm job after Law School at the Progressive In-House Law Firm. Jeff, along with our friend Tara Parker, were the ones who interviewed me while I was a 2nd year law student at UGA and somehow I convinced them to offer me a job. We had a great time reminiscing about all working together and we picked up like we had never left off. Whatever success I may have had as a lawyer – I owe a lot of i...
College Football's Last Call Week 8
Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 8 of the college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating #1 ranked UT and Jason's trip to Austin for the game
-Bama loses again and in jeopardy of missing the playoffs
-are LSU and TAMU for real?
-Contenders and pretenders in the Big 10
-Miami survives again
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode is powered by the J. Stein Law Firm - a personal injury law firm...
Collaboration Ep with Texas Attorneys Peter Taaffe, Kyle Herbert and Bill Ogden of The Dirty Verdict Podcast to Discuss Law, UT-UGA and the State of College Football
This was really fun. Sports ‘N Torts joined up with Texas lawyers Pete Taaffe, Kyle Herbert and Bill Ogden who host The Dirty Verdict podcast out of Houston on this collaboration episode. These guys are some of the best in business in handling, litigating and mediating cases in Texas. Our two podcasts joined together for a special preview episode of the October 19, 2024 University of Georgia v. University of Texas game. If you are a loyal listener you will enjoy hearing the views from Longhorns fans and us going back and forth with each other. If you are new to th...
College Football's Last Call Week 7
Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the nation to recap Week 7 of the 2024 college football season.
We discuss:
-UGA beating MSU
-Close games all across the SEC and the new parity in the league
-Big 10 getting tight games with highly ranked teams early in the season
-Coaches blowing it at the end of games
-Army and Navy ranked in Top 25
-Preview of UGA vs Texas
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet of the Week
-Jimbe of...
Alan Holcomb Talks Relentless and Compassionate Advocacy, Litigating with Smart Military Type Tactics, Theme Charts, Sports Gambling and his $495,000,000 Jury Verdict
Alan Holcomb joins Sports ‘N Torts for Episode 119. Alan is a graduate of UGA and Emory Law School. Alan is a lawyer in Atlanta who has been widely recognized for his legal prowess and trusted experience as a trial lawyer in serious injury cases involving trucking accidents, product liability, traumatic brain injuries, burn injuries, medical malpractice and mass torts. I have been trying to schedule this podcast with Alan for quite some time – but he has been busy representing his clients in Court and obtaining a $495,000,000 jury verdict – no, that is not a typo and yes, that is a lot of...
College Football's Last Call Week 6
Josh, Jason and Laurence take you around the country to recap Week 6 of the college football season. We discuss:
-UGA beating Auburn for the 8th straight year
-Upsets in the SEC including Vandy beating Bama, Mizzou losing to TAMU and Arkansas beating Tenn
-Shake up in the AP Top 10
-Miami holding on vs Cal
-Big games in Week 7 including OSU-Oregon
-Preview of UGA-MSU
-J. Stein Law Firm Injury Report
-Sucker Bet
-Jimbo of the Week
As always, this episode...
Randy Edwards Talks Playing Football at Alabama For Coach Bear Bryant, Recording 10.5 sacks for the Seattle Seahawks and Punching John Elway, Filing RICO Lawsuits and Suing GDOT in Roadway Defect Cases
Randy Edwards from Cochran & Edwards joins us for episode 117 of Sports ‘N Torts. Randy is a trial lawyer in Atlanta, GA who handles cases in Business Litigation, RICO, Personal Injury/Wrongful Death and Insurance Coverage/Bad Faith. Prior to attending Law School and becoming a lawyer, Randy was a 4 year letterman and 3 year starter as a defensive lineman for the University of Alabama where he played for legendary Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant and was named permanent captain by his Alabama teammates. Randy went on to play 4 years for the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL. He was primarily a “nickel” pass-rushe...